HyperDic: orange_milkweed

English > 1 sense of the expression orange milkweed:
NOUNplantorange milkweed, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosaerect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
English > orange milkweed: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningErect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers.
Synonymsbutterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa
Broadermilkweed, silkweedAny of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

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